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College football coaches are under heavy scrutiny in this day in age. With social media and a constant flow of news 24 hours a day, being in charge of a college football program has never been more difficult. However, when you consistently win, coaching can be quite enjoyable. In comes Jim Harbaugh, head football coach of the Michigan Wolverines. Harbaugh is currently in his third season as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, and he has led the team to success they haven’t experienced in decades. His teams went 10-3 during his first two seasons, and is currently undefeated through the first four games of the 2017 season. Because of his early success in Ann Arbor, Jim Harbaugh has been able to secure a high salary of $9 million for the 2017 season. His coaching success throughout the years has helped balloon Jim Harbaugh net worth to $22 million.

At 53 years of age, Jim has been around football his whole life. He played quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines during the 80’s and led his team to the Rose Bowl during the 1986 season. He finished third in the Heisman voting that year and went on to be a first round NFL draft selection by the Chicago Bears. Harbaugh went on to play 14 seasons in the NFL for a number of teams. He finished his NFL career with over 26,000 yards passing and 129 touchdowns. In the late 90’s, NFL salaries weren’t what they are today, and along with playing, Jim took an unpaid assistant coaching job with his father at Western Kentucky.

Jim spent a season as an assistant coach in the NFL after his playing career was over before finally becoming a head coach for the University of San Diego. Jim had a combined 29-6 record at the helm and led the team to back to back 11-1 seasons and two conference titles. His west coast success didn’t go unnoticed and he soon became the head coach of power five school Stanford. Jim only spent four season as the head coach for the Stanford Cardinals, but in 2010 he took his team to the Orange Bowl where they won and finished the season with a 12-1 record. He eventually found himself coaching in the NFL again as the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. He coached against his brother, John Harbaugh, in Super Bowl XLVII where his Niners team lost by a field goal.

Eventually Jim landed up in Michigan where he is now and where he has stated he’s always wanted to be. Jim Harbaugh net worth comes from his long career in the NFL as a player and his successes as a head coach at multiple levels. For the 2017 football season, Jim’s $9 million salary makes him the highest paid coach in the sport. We expect Jim to continue coaching for the Wolverines for a while longer, and thus we expect Jim Harbaugh’s net worth to continue to increase. While coaching salaries have gotten higher over the years, so have the expectations. If Jim can continue to meet and exceed the expectations of the Wolverine faithful, he can go down as one of the great coaches in all of football history.

Bill Belichick is the head coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. The 65 year old has been the head coach of the Patriots since 2000. He is currently in his 18th season of coaching with the team and his 23rd of coaching in the NFL. His success with New England is unparalleled in professional sports. Due to his high success in coaching, Belichick has easily earned his yearly salary estimated to be around $7.5 million. This high salary and his the constant success of his teams on the field have helped make Bill Belichick net worth $40 million.

New England head coach Bill Belichick

Belichick became enveloped in sports from a young age. He played football in college for Wesleyan University in Connecticut, but his passion for the game didn’t stop there. Bill spent many seasons in the National Football League slowly working his way up to the top. His first chance to become a head coach was in 1991 when he was given the reigns to the Cleveland Browns. He coached for the team for five seasons with his best record being 11-5 during the 1994 campaign. He was eventually let go after the Browns went 5-11 during the ’95 season and the team moved to Baltimore. It wouldn’t be until the year 2000 when Belichick was once again announced as a head coach, this time for the New England Patriots.

In his first 17 seasons with the Patriots, Belichick has led the team, with help from quarterback Tom Brady, to an astonishing 201-71 regular season record. Belichick wasn’t just good at winning, he was good at winning championships. Bill has coached the Patriots to five Super Bowl titles during his stint. Additionally, the team has made the playoffs in 14 of his 17 seasons and has 14 AFC East division titles to go along. The Patriots are the defending Super Bowl champs after a come from behind victory against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI.

We believe that Bill Belichick net worth will continue to increase over the coming years. He is one of the highest paid coaches in all of football history and as long as his team continues to produce we don’t see him retiring anytime soon. We have seen many coaches continue their careers well into their 70’s, and we shouldn’t expect anything less from this future Hall of Fame inductee.

Clayton Kershaw is a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Although he isn’t even 30 years old, Kershaw has one of the most lucrative professional sports contracts in history. He was able to secure his current contract due to his stellar performance on the mound. His current contract, seven years for $215 million, has skyrocketed Clayton Kershaw net worth to a new height. While the first few years of baseball contracts helped create a foundation for his net worth, his current contract has made Clayton Kershaw net worth an astonishing $50 million.

Pitcher Clayton Kershaw

Born March 19, 1988 in Dallas, TX, Kershaw spent his younger days in Dallas and attended Highland Park High School. He excelled in his high school years and became one of the top prospects in the 2006 MLB draft. Although he originally committed to play college ball at Texas A&M University, he eventually signed with the Dodgers when they selected Clayton number seven overall in the draft. Kershaw spent two years in the minors for the organization before being called up for good during the 2008 season. He started 21 games in his rookie campaign posting a 5-5 record and an ERA of 4.26. He has continued to excel in his career ever since. Despite being unable to lead the Dodgers to a World Series appearance thus far, he has been the main reason the team has consistently reached the playoffs.

Upon being drafted in 2006, Kershaw received a $2.3 million signing bonus as part of his initial contract. This helped to give Clayton Kershaw’s net worth a jump start on many 18 year olds. In 2011, Kershaw had an incredible year for the team. He posted 21 wins for the organization and an ERA of just 2.28. The Dodgers rewarded him with a two year $19 million contract for his efforts. 2014 was when Clayton Kershaw would hit his big payday. After following up his 2011 campaign with two solid seasons, the Dodgers gave Clayton a massive seven year $215 million contract which paid him an average of over $30 million per season. He was now the highest paid pitcher in Major League Baseball history.

Currently in his 10th season in the majors, Kershaw has a career record of 142-63 with over 2,000 career strikeouts. His big payday is the result of his top performances year in and year out. Clayton is a seven time All-Star and a three time winner of the NL Cy Young Award which goes to the division’s best pitcher. Kershaw has almost certainly already solidified himself as a future inductee into the Hall of Fame.

After this season, Kershaw still has three years remaining on his current contract with the last two being a player option. If he decides to finish out his contract with Los Angeles, we expect Clayton Kershaw net worth to baloon to over $75 million. After he finishes the contract he will still be just 32 years of age, young enough for another big deal. He has the potential to become one of the highest paid players in the MLB in terms of career earnings. While nobody can predict the future, we do know one thing; Clayton Kershaw will be a very rich man for a long time to come.

Blake Bortles is a professional football player for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. At 25 years old, Bortles is one of the younger starting quarterbacks in the league. A Florida native, Bortles has spent his entire football career in the sunshine state. He was a two sport athlete at Oviedo High School in Florida and went on to play college football at Central Florida. He then entered the NFL draft in 2014 where he was selected number three overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Entering his fourth season in the league, Blake Bortles net worth is currently $8 million.

Bortles was a two year starter at the University of Central Florida leading the team to a 22-5 record in those two seasons. He threw for over 7,000 yards in his collegiate career to go along with 56 touchdowns and another 15 rushing touchdowns. At 6’5” 230 pounds, Bortles caught the eye of NFL scouts due to his size and potential to succeed at the next level as a pocket passer. After being drafted third overall, Bortles signed a four year contract with the Jaguars valued at over $20 million. Included in that contract was a signing bonus that exceeded $13 million. Earlier this year, Jacksonville exercised a fifth year option on the quarterback. Because of his high draft pick and the position he plays, Bortles will earn an estimated $19 million for the 2018 season. The total amount of his first five years in the NFL will total just shy of $40 million.

Bortles success in the NFL has been somewhat limited through his first three seasons. In three seasons with the Jags, Bortles has thrown for over 11,000 yards to go along with 69 touchdowns to 51 interceptions. Most disappointing though is the Jags 11-37 overall record during those three seasons with Bortles at the helm. Additionally, the team has failed to end the season with a winning record in each of the past nine seasons. While many thought Bortles would be the spark to bring the Jags back to the top of the division, time is slowly running out. To make matters worse, at this moment, Bortles hasn’t even been declared the starter for the 2017 season.

Despite struggles on the field and within the organization, Bortles bank account is still doing quite well. Blake Bortles net worth will continue to increase over the next two seasons. Even though Black Bortles net worth currently sits at $8 million, we expect it to more than double over the next two years to $18 million. If he is able to produce over the next season or two, he could be rewarded with a mega contract that could be worth in excess of $100 million.

Blake is the eldest of two children from his parents Rob and Suzy Bortles and has a younger brother, Colby, who played baseball for Ole Miss and was recently drafted by the Detroit Tigers.

Marshawn Lynch is a professional football player for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. After spending the 2016 season in retirement, Lynch decided to jump back into the pro ranks and inked a two year deal with the Raiders. Marshawn has already recorded nine seasons as an NFL player, and if he is able to complete his two year deal with the Raiders, he will be one of the oldest backs in the league.

His extensive NFL playing career along with off-field endorsements have made Marshawn Lynch net worth in excess of tens of millions of dollars. In fact, Marshawn Lynch’s net worth sits at $32 million as he enters the 2017 NFL season.

Growing up in Oakland, California, Lynch had the deck stacked against him from an early age. He was one of three siblings and raised by a single mother. However, that didn’t stop Marshawn from excelling in sports from a young age. He was a high school All-American who eventually earned a scholarship to play for the University of California in Berkeley. In his three seasons with the Bears, Lynch rushed for over 3,000 yards and 29 touchdowns. In his final season at Cal, 2006, he was voted the PAC-10 Offensive Player of the Year along with being named a first team All-American. His stellar play was noticed by NFL scouts and because so, he left college a year early to enter the 2007 NFL draft. He was drafted number 12 overall by the Buffalo Bills and signed a six year $19 million contract with the team. He produced in his first two seasons with the Bills, but after a sluggish third year, he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks. Once in Seattle, Lynch came into his own. In four seasons, from 2011-2014, Lynch rushed for at least 1200 yards and 11 touchdowns in each of the four years leading the team to back to back Super Bowls.

Prior to the 2017 season, Marshawn Lynch has grossed nearly $50 million in career earnings in the NFL. His most lucrative contract came prior to the 2012 season where he signed a four year $30 million extension with Seattle. The most recent contract he signed with Oakland was two years for $9 million. Regardless if he completes the full length of his current contract, Lynch is one of the highest career earning running back ever in the NFL which adds a great deal to the Marshawn Lynch net worth.

With endorsements from the likes of Nike, Pepsi, and Skittles, it is estimated that he earns millions a year from such deals. In an article written just last year, Marshawn revealed that he hasn’t spent any of his career earning money in the NFL. He strictly lives off his endorsement deals. Because of his frugal habits, a rarity among sports athletes, Marshawn Lynch’s net worth has grown significantly over time. While his NFL career is slowly coming to a close, he can rest assured that he would have saved up enough money throughout his playing tenure to enjoy retirement whenever he chooses to do so.

Henrik Stenson is a professional golfer on both the PGA and European Tour. The 41 year old golfer has sharpened his game in recent years to become one of the top players in the world. He is currently ranked as the number six best golfer in the world according to the Official World Golf Ranking, and he has reached as high as number two multiple times in his career. Stenson has three top 10’s on the PGA Tour this year and just secured his first victory of the season winning the past week’s tournament, the Wyndham Championship. His recent success has led to his name being recognizable throughout the world of golf. Because of his success on the course, Henrik Stenson’s net worth sits at $28 million.

Stenson Winning The Open Championship

Henrik Stenson became a professional golfer in 1999. Before that, he played in junior and amateur tournaments while growing up in Sweden. Stenson played on the European Tour for a number of years before finally becoming a mainstay on the PGA Tour in 2005. He was able to secure his first victory on the PGA Tour in 2007 when he won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. His best year on the PGA Tour came in 2013. He won two big tournaments towards the end of the season to capture the FedEx Cup title and a $10 million check that goes to the winner. That money was in addition to the over $6 million in earnings he had previously secured earlier in the season.

Golfing legends are curated over time through their on-course success. The ultimate success for any professional golfer is winning a major tournament. There are four yearly major tournaments in golf: The Masters, The U.S. Open, The Open, and the PGA Championship. Henrik was able to join many a golf legends in 2016 when he captured his first major title. Stenson’s final round 63 secured him a score of -20 for the tournament as he edged out fellow golf great Phil Mickleson. Stenson became the first Scandinavian man to win a major title in golf. Not only did he get his name etched on the tournament’s trophy, The Claret Jug, but he also took home over $1.5 million in prize money. Less than a month after winning the major, Stenson competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brasil. He shot 14 under in his four rounds and was able to secure a silver medal for his country of Sweden.

The majority of Henrik Stenson’s net worth comes from his golfing career. He has won a total of 20 professional tournaments, 11 of which were on the European tour and another six on the PGA Tour. His career earnings are well into the tens of millions. His win this past weekend at the Wyndham Championship put another $1 million in his bank account. We can expect Henrik Stenson’s net worth to continue to increase over the remainder of his golfing career. His late surge in his professional career has assured that he can play well, even as he begins to approach his later years. Stenson is married to his wife and the couple has two kids together and resides in Orlando, Florida.

Mike Tomlin is the head football coach in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers. At 45 years old, Tomlin has been the head coach of the Steelers since 2007. He took control of the team before his 35th birthday, and has led the team to major successes throughout his tenure. In 2017, Tomlin will be entering his 11th season as the team’s head coach. During his previous ten seasons, he has compiled an astonishing 103-57 regular season record. Because of his success, he recently signed a brand new contract extension that will keep him coaching in the Steel City through 2020. Mike Tomlin net worth is estimated to be $22 million.

Mike Tomlin Coaching the Steelers

Mike Tomlin was born in Virginia, and his dad had a short stint as a professional football player. Tomlin graduated high school in 1990 and went on to play wide receiver at the College of William and Mary. As many in the coaching profession do, Tomlin worked his way up the coaching ladder. He coached wide receivers and defensive backs in college for a number of years before making the jump to the National Football League and joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers organization as their defensive backs coach. Tomlin was part of the staff that helped lead the Buccaneers to the 2003 Super Bowl win. Mike continued to climb through the coaching ranks and became the defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings during the 2006 season before being named the head coach of the Steelers beginning in 2007. Since he took over the Steelers in 2007, he has led the team to five division titles, two AFC championships, and a Super Bowl win. In 2008, he was named the NFL Coach of the Year after leading the Steelers to their sixth championship in Super Bowl XLIII.

Success on the football field has led to Mike Tomlin net worth being in excess of $20 million. His teams have made the playoffs in seven of his ten seasons as head coach. His current NFL salary is projected to be around $7 million a year. This salary is one of the highest among NFL head coaches. Mike Tomlin’s net worth can be attributed to his high salary that has now spanned for over a decade. Due to his continued high performance on the field along with his recent contract extension, we can expect his net worth to continue to increase in the future. At only 45 years old, Mike has many years and possibly decades of coaching remaining. Even if for some reason things turn south in the Steel City, Tomlin can most likely find another coaching gig in the National Football League.

Mike has been married to his wife Kiya for over 20 years. The couple has three kids together and resides in a suburb of Pittsburgh.

Sidney Crosby is a professional hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed “Sid the Kid”, Crosby recently completed his twelfth season with the Penguins where he helped lead the team to yet another NHL Stanley Cup championship. Originally from Canada, Crosby was drafted first overall by the Penguins in the 2005 NHL draft and has remained with the team ever since. His career earnings for the Penguins is close to the nine figure range. This has helped Sidney Crosby’s net worth skyrocket over the years. As of 2017, Sidney Crosby’s net worth sits at $50 million.

Crosby was born in 1987 in the province of Nova Scotia in Canada. At just 29 years old, Crosby has garnered accolades thus far in his career that many could only dream of. Sidney has helped the Penguins win three Stanley Cup championships since his arrival, most recently back to back for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons. He led the NHL in goals scored this past season which isn’t surprising considering he has totaled nearly 400 goals during his twelve season NHL career. In addition to his NHL success, Crosby has also helped lead team Canada to back to back gold medals in the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

When Sidney first got drafted back in 2005, his first contract was worth $11 million for three years. The Penguins quickly recognized the great player he would become and in 2007 he signed a five year contract worth over $8 million a year. His top play continued, and knowing that they didn’t want to lose their franchise player, the Penguins signed Crosby to a 12 year $104 million contract in 2012. If Sidney plays out the remaining contract he has with Pittsburgh, he will have earned more than $150 million for his NHL career. To put that in perspective, the highest paying contract that NHL great Wayne Gretzky earned during his hall of fame career was a two year deal for $13 million in the late 1990’s.

Upon getting drafted by the Penguins in 2005, Sidney lived with Penguin great Mario Lemieux for five years before purchasing his own place. Crosby is very active in the community and in 2009 he created the Sidney Crosby Foundation that benefits children. At under six feet tall and 200 pounds, Crosby isn’t the biggest of hockey players, but he sure is one of the best.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is an American professional racing driver on the NASCAR circuit. Born in Memphis, TN, Ricky was raised and grew up just south in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Stenhouse began racing at the age of six, and has grown his passion into a full-time job. At just 29 years old, Ricky has been able to acquire a significant amount of wealth for someone who will turn 30 later this year. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. net worth currently sits at $20 million.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. net worth has grown rapidly over the past few years. In 2017 alone, Stenhouse has already racked up two wins at some of the biggest tracks on the circuit. Thus far through the year, he has won the 2017 GEICO 500 at Talladega Motor Speedway and the 2017 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona. A member of Roush Fenway Racing, Ricky currently drives the number 17 Fastenal car for the team. Although he has seen quite the success through the 2017 season, Stenhouse has racked up the awards for a while now. In 2010, he won the NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year award. He followed that award up with the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year award. In both 2011 and 2012, he was the NASCAR Nationwide Series champion.

The majority of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. net worth comes from his earnings on the race track. With the solid finishes he has posted throughout the season, his earnings are estimated to be between $3 to $5 million a year for his on the track earnings. In 2016, the top paid drivers earned anywhere between $10 to $20 million for the year between on track earnings and endorsements. Before this season, Ricky wasn’t as well known as he is now. His two wins at Talladega and Daytona have helped make him a household name. His relationship with fellow NASCAR driver, Danica Patrick, doesn’t hurt as well from a publicity standpoint. With his two wins thus far this season, Ricky’s on track earnings should be the highest of his career. Couple that with the many endorsements that will come along, and his earnings for 2017 could exceed eight figures. We can expect Ricky Stenhouse Jr. net worth to likely increase to about $25 million by this time next year. It is also expected that his net worth will continue to increase with racing success. Big names in racing such as Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have a net worth that easily exceeds $100 million. Granted, both are ending or have ended their racing careers and have had many years to build such wealth.

Ricky is fairly young for a racer on the NASCAR circuit. At just 29 years of age, he has many more years of competitive racing ahead of him. Some say he definitely has the potential to be among racing’s elites and with that comes a much higher net worth for Ricky.

Gordon Hayward is a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. On July 4th of this year, Gordon agreed to sign a deal that would make him a Boston Celtic. Prior to signing a contract with Boston, Gordon spent his first seven seasons of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz. At 27 years of age, Gordon Hayward’s net worth sits at $20 million.

Gordon Hayward

Born and raised in Indiana, Gordon played his high school basketball at Brownsburg High School and went on to play his college ball at Butler University in Indianapolis. While in college, Hayward excelled in his freshman season. He started all 32 games for the Bulldogs that year and averaged over 13 points per game and earned the award for the conference’s newcomer of the year. He followed it up with a magical sophomore season where he averaged nearly 16 points per game and led his team to the championship game before losing to the Duke Blue Devils. After his second season at Butler, Hayward decided to enter the NBA draft. He was selected ninth overall by the Utah Jazz. He just finished up his seventh season with the Jazz, and his most recent season was his most productive. He averaged a career high for points per game at nearly 22 a contest. His stellar performance during the 2016-2017 campaign earned him his first All-Star appearance. His eight points and four steals in the all-star game helped the West division seal a victory over the East.

A very large percentage of Gordon Hayward’s net worth comes from his on the court earnings. Back in 2014, Hayward and the Jazz agreed on a contract extension that was worth $63 million over four years. This contract helped validate Hayward’s accomplishments. However, the deal would be cut a year short as Hayward agreed to a contract with the Boston Celtics. His contract with Boston will significantly increase Gordon Hayward’s net worth in the coming years. He signed a four year, $128 million contract with Boston. As it currently sits, Hayward will be the highest paid Celtic for the upcoming season and the third highest paid NBA player behind only Steph Curry and Lebron James.

Off the court, Hayward claims to be a huge fan of video games, and he has even played in the IGN Pro League. In 2016, Hayward signed a deal with the video game company, HyperX. Additionally, he has done a few local commercials for companies in the Utah area.

On a personal note, Hayward is married to his wife Robyn. The couple has two kids together. Hayward is a good tennis player and even won a club-level charity tennis tournament. Hayward has also appeared in a commercial for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and is a participant in the organization’s “Fan for Life” campaign.